425 DX News issue #646
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425 DX News #646
20 September 2003
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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4W - After a break of two and a half months, Peter/4W3CW (G3WQU) will be
QRV again this week. He will be in Timor Leste (formerly East Timor)
for around another year. He operates CW only on all HF bands, with
100 watts into a vertical. QSL direct only to Peter McKay, UNMISET,
P.O. Box 2436, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia. All direct QSLs received
so far have been replied to. [TNX 4W3CW]
5B - Alan, G3PMR will be active again from Cyprus as 5B4AHJ from 24
September until 13 December. QSL via G3PMR, direct or bureau (e-mail
requests for bureau cards are welcome at g3pmr@shacklog.co.uk). [TNX
G3PMR]
9A - Ron, 9A5JR and Vlado, 9A2V expect to operate from the island of
Ilovik (EU-136, CI-029) on 19-20 September and from Grujica Island
(EU-136, CI-026) and lighthouse on 20-21 September. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
9H - Girts/YL2KL (9H3KKL), Karl/YL2MD (9H3MMD) and Andy/YL2GQT (9H3GQT)
will be active from Gozo Island (EU-023), Malta on 24-30 September.
They plan to operate on all HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY, and to
participate in the CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY Contest as 9H3M. [TNX YL2KL]
CT - CT1GFK/P, CT1GPQ/P and CT2IHP/P will be active from Magalha Island
(not IOTA, DIP AL-16) from 5 to 11 UTC on 21 September. QSL via home
calls. [TNX CT1END]
DL - DL1POX and DL9GKJ plan to operate fron the islands of Kastenwerder
and Weidenschwanz (new ones for the German Islands Award) on 21
September. [TNX DL8AAM]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be active as GB75BF from 11 UTC
on 20 September to 11 UTC on the 21st to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund. Activity
will be on 10-80 metres CW and SSB (WARC bands excluded) as well as
on 2 metres. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX BRS-32525]
HB - HE2GR is the special event call for the clubstation HB9GR,
celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Swiss Cantons of St. Gallen
and Graubuenden. The station will be active on CW, SSB and digital
modes until 30 December. QSL via HB9DOT. [TNX HB9AAQ]
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to operate on 20 and 40 metres from the
islands of Aro (EU-172, DIA JY-003, ARLHS DEN-072), Barso (EU-172,
JY-002) and Als (JY-001, ARLHS DEN-019) on 25 September. [TNX
OZ7AEI]
PJ - Velde, PA0VDV will be active as PJ6/PA0VDV from Saba Island (NA-145)
from 28 September and 3 October. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV5 - Look for Uli, DJ9XB to participate in the CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY Contest
(27-28 September) as J45XB (SOSB 15m) from the Dodecanese. QSL via
home call. [TNX NG3K]
UA - UA0LQJ, RA0LGG, UA0LEM, RA0LHI, RA0LHJ, RA0LHK and RA0LFN will be
active (on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and SSTV) as
RK0LXD/p from Rotary Lighthouse (RLA-011) in the Sea of Japan on
19-21 September. QSL via UA0LQJ. [TNX RA0LGG]
UR - Special event station EM225G will be active on 19-30 September to
celebrate the 225th anniversary of the city of Kherson. QSL via
UR3GM, bureau or direct (Igor Pulin, P.O. Box 23, Kherson 73022,
Ukraine). E-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
itel@ukrincom.net
UR - Vlad/UY0UY, Valery/UT1UW and Vlad/UT5UKY plan to operate as UT4UZA/P
from a Dnieper island (not IOTA, DN-?? for the Ukrainian Islands
Award) on 20-21 September. QSL via UX7UN. [TNX UT5UKY]
VK - From 28 September through 30 October Rich, PA0RRS will be active as
VK4SRW and VK4SRW/p while travelling from Cairns, Queensland to
Sydney, NSW. He also plans to visit the following islands: Magnetic
(OC-171) on 5-6 October, Hamilton (OC-160) on 8 October, Fraser
(OC-142) on 11-13 October, Moreton (OC-137) on 15 or 16 October. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA0RRS]
VP9 - Hurricane Fabian has forced Bert, PA3GIO to postopone his 18-28
September trip to Bermuda [425DXN 643]. The new dates are 8-18
November. Look for PA3GIO/VP9 on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10
metres SSB. QSL via PA3GIO, preferably through the bureau (e-mail
requests for bureau cards will be welcome at qsl@pa3gio.nl). The web
page for the operation is at http://www.pa3gio.nl/VP9 [TNX PA3GIO]
YB - Adhi, YC3MM plans to operate as YC3MM/5 from Nongsa Island and
lighthouse from around 11 UTC on 20 September possibly until around
23 UTC on the 21st, depending on local conditions. Also known as
Putri, Pulau Nongsa is located very close to Batam (OC-075). [TNX
IZ8CCW]
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DX HANDBOOK ---> Our webmaster Maurizio, IZ1CRR is looking for a copy of the
DX Handbook written by Don Miller and published by CQ back in 1968. The book
is not available from the publisher any longer; if you have a copy to sell,
please contact Maurizio at i121171@425dxn.org
DXCC NEWS ---> YI1BGD has been approved for DXCC credit (this operation was
on hold from 18 March 2003 and after). Those who had this rejected should
contact DXCC at dxcc@arrl.org to have their record updated.
IB0/IZ8FDH ---> Bad weather caused Paolo, IZ8FDH to cancel his 13-18
September trip to the Tremiti Islands [425DXN 643], but he managed to go and
operate from the island of Ponza (EU-045, IIA LT-001). QSL via home call,
direct or bureau.
LOTW ---> The long-anticipated "Logbook of the World" - the QSL-cardless ARRL
awards and contact credit system - - is now up and running and open to all.
Details can be found at http://www.arrl.org/lotw/
PIRATE ---> Tony, T77C reports that T77GL is a pirate station. Current
legitimate callsigns from San Marino are listed at http://www.arrsm.org
QSL IU1L ---> Please note that Paolo, IK1NLZ is the QSL manager only for
contacts made with IU1L back in 1996. This call has been reissued and was
used by ARI Genova operators from La Lanterna (ARLHS ITA-177, WAIL LI-005)
during this year's International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL cards
for 2003 go to ARI Genova direct (P.O. Box 1117, 16121 Genova GE, Italy) or
via bureau (cards already sent to IK1NLZ will be forwarded). [TNX IK1NLZ and
IZ1BZS]
QSL TG0AA ---> Although ordered months ago, the cards for Dennis
Motschenbacher's (K7BV) TG0AA operation in 2003 ARRL DX CW are still awaited
from the printer and the Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala is getting
increasing numbers of inquiries for status of QSL requests. The TG9 club is
moving ahead with printing the cards via another route so this matter can be
cleared up. [TNX K7BV]
QSL VIA AC7DX ---> Ron Lago, AC7DX (P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA)
reports he has found the following old logs: 3D2WM, 4B9CQ, C21BD, HL9KLT,
HL9MM, JT1AN (1978-80), KC6HA, KC6VE (1995), KP4AM (1979-81), T30AC, T30W
(1994), V31UN, VK0HM (Heard Island), VP8AWU (1994), VQ9CQ, VQ9SS, VR1AY
(1979), VR1BD (1979), VR1PK (1979), VU2ACD, XB9Z (1992), XH9Z (1993), XW8FA
and ZK2VE. These are all hand written logs, some of them are barely readable,
others are not complete and not all blank cards have been found (but Ron will
have the QSLs reprinted).
QSL VIA PA2R ---> This is Rob Snieder's (formerly known as PA5ET and PA3ERC)
new callsign. He is the QSL manager for 6Y5/PA3ERC, 6Y5/PA3EWP, 8P9JR (2000),
8P9JS (2000), 8P9JT (2000), 8P9JU (2000), 8Q7ET (2000), 8Q7WP (2000),
9Y4/PA3BBP, 9Y4/PA3ERC, 9Y4/PA3EWP, FG/PA3BBP, FG/PA3ERC, FG/PA3EWP,
FG/PA3FQA, FM/PA3BBP, FM/PA3ERC, FM/PA3EWP, FM/PA3FQA, FS/PA3EWP, FS/PA3GCV,
FS/PA4EA, FS/PA4WM, FS/PA5ET, FS/PA7FM, HB0/PA3ERC, J3/PA3EWP, J3/PA5ET,
J3/PA7FM, J38PA (2001), J6/PA3BBP, J6/PA3ERC, J6/PA3EWP, J75EA (2002), J75ET
(2002), J75PA (2002), J75WP (2002), J75ZH (2002), J77C (1996), J79BP (1996),
J79QA (1996), J79RC (1996), J79WP (1996), J8/PA3EWP, J8/PA5ET, J8/PA7FM, J8PA
(2001), OY7ET (2003), OY7QA (2003), OY7TW (2003), OY7WB (2003), OY7WP (2003),
OY8PA (2003), PJ7/PA3EWP, PJ7/PA3GCV, PJ7/PA4EA, PJ7/PA4WM, PJ7/PA5ET,
PJ7/PA7FM, TO5C (1996), V26EA (2000), V26ET (2000), V26FM (2000), V26WP
(2000), V47CV (1999), V47EA (1999), V47ET (1999), V47FM (1999), V47WM (1999),
V47WP (1999), VP2ECV (1999), VP2EEA (1999), VP2EET (1999), VP2EFM (1999),
VP2EWM (1999), VP2EWP (1999), VP2MCV (2002), VP2MEA (2002), VP2MET (2002),
VP2MPA (2000), VP2MPA (2002), VP2MWM (2002), VP2MWP (2002), VP5/PA3BBP,
VP5/PA3ERC, VP5/PA3EWP, VP5C (1995), ZF2RC/ZF9 (1998) and ZF2WP/ZF9 (1998).
QSL VIA PT7WA ---> Luke, PT7WA reports that he has taken over QSL chores from
Tino, PT7AA. Luke is now able to confirm (direct or bureau) QSOs with the
following stations (including some of Luke's own operations):
Call Year QTH IOTA
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PT7AA/PR8 2000 Canarias Island SA-072
PT7FX/PY6 1999 Itaparica Island SA-023
PT7WA/PY0 2000 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
PT7WA/PY6 1999 Tinhare Island SA-080
PT7WA/PY7 1999 Itamaraca Island SA-046
PY0FK 1995 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
PY0SK 1991 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
PY0SR 1991 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
PY0TE 1984-85 Trindade (op. Antonio Luis) SA-010
ZV7G 1999 Santo Aleixo Island SA-046
ZW8AA 1992 Ilha Grande de Santa Isabel SA-025
ZX8CW 1990 Sao Joao Island SA-041
ZY0FA 1989 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FCA 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FCM 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FKL 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FMC 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FRT 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0RK 1991 Atol das Rocas SA-038
ZY0RW 1991-92 Atol das Rocas SA-038
ZY0SG 1997 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SK 1994-97 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SP 1994 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SS 1989 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SW 1989 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SY 1989 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0TF 1988 Trindade SA-010
ZY0TK 1988-90 Trindade SA-010
ZY0TR 1988 Trindade SA-010
ZY0TW 1990 Trindade SA-010
Luke (pt7wa@matrix.com.br) will take care of all cards received and not
processed, and will answer to any question as quick as possible (most of the
logs are on paper).
VISALIA 2004 ---> You could win a free registration to the 2004 International
DX Convention. All you have to do is design the winning logo for 2004. The
logo contest is open to everyone, visit the convention web site
(http://www.scdxc.org/visalia) for details. [TNX N6DHZ]
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ANNOBON: The web page for the upcoming DXpedition to Annobon Island [425DXN
637] is at http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea5yn/
LOGS: The logs of the recent XF1K operation (NA-162) are now available
at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/na162/logs.html; if you have a
guestion about them, please contact Ray, N6VR (jbenny@rain.org).
QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now
contains 342,658 unique records) for Packet Cluster. The package
can be downloaded at http://www.qsl.net/oz7c/qsl [TNX OZ7C]
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4S7AQG 7J3AOZ ED6TDQ EA6ZX RK0LWW/P UA0LMO
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4S7AVG JA3AVO ED6TSM EA6ZX RL60Y RA3YA
4S7CHG JA3CHS ED7CK EA7ABF S79IRN G4IRN
4S7DBG JA3DBD ED7RVS EA7EYT S79MX HB9MX
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4S7DUG JQ3DUE EM1UA JA2JPA T88VC JA7OVC
4S7FAG JH3FAR EY8CQ DJ1MM TM3QK F5UJY
4S7FDG JA5FDI FH/G4IRN G4IRN TM5HN F5UBH
4S7GGG JR3QHQ FK8AH W3HNK TM6EGL F5TVL
4S7GXG JH3GXF FP5BZ F5TJP TM8CDX F5CQ
4S7JKG JG3JKG G6PZ M5AAV UE0LZZ/P UA0LD
4S7LSG JH3LSS GB0SM G0PSE UE0SAA/P RA0WA
4S7OCG JR3OCS GB6MD M5AAV UE1NBM RN1NU
4S7QHG JR3QHQ HF19KST SP2PI UE4HFF RU4HG
4S7QIG JN4QIN HS0ZDR W4FOA UE6LRD RK6LWA
4S7UJG JA3UJR HZ1MD PA2V UN5J W3HNK
4S7YHG JA3HXJ II2CH IK2AQZ V63HD JA4HCK
4S7YJG JM3INF IO3WCI IV3KAS V63MC JH8BKL
5R8HA G3SWH IQ2VA IK2UVR V73CW AC4G
5W0MW DJ7RJ J20RM DL2JRM V73RX N6RX
7Q7CE IN3VZE J28WW ON4WW VK8AN/6 VK4AAR
7Q7WW KC4D J41LTR/P SV1FYZ VK9CV JA8VE
8P6GY KU9C J48IS DF3IS VP5/K7BV KU9C
8R2USA 8R1AK J49C SV9ANK VP5VAC WA4JTK
9G5XA G3XAQ JW7AT LA7AT XT2ATI EA4YK
9L1JT K4ZIN JW7QI LA7QI XU7ACI KB8TJP
9V1DX VK4AAR JW7XM LA7XM XU7ACW LA5YJ
A61AJ N4QB JW8AW LA8AW YA0J JG1OWV
BN0F JL1ANP JW8D LA7QI YA1BV/P JA1PBV
C91Z ZS6WPX KH0S JA1OGX YA1D JG1OWV
CO0T bureau KH2T JL1EAN YA1JA JA1CQT
CQ0T CT1ILT KH6/KB1AIM HL1IWD YB0A W3HNK
CQ3U CT1AHU LA3SRK/P SM5SIC YB0ECT K5ZE
CS9C CT3MD LR1F LU5FD YB1AQV N2KFC
D88S DS4CNB LS1N EA7FTR YI/OM2DX OM3JW
E20HHK/6 E21EIC LY500BN LY2BN YI/S57CQ S57DX
EA2CND/P EA2BR LY500LK LY2LK YI9T S57DX
EA8FC/P EA2CNC N6L K0DEW YJ0VB UA4WHX
EA9JS/EA4 EA7DA N6N WA9CCQ YR9P YO9HP
ED1FIM EA1URV OE4B/p OE4JHW YV5LIX EA7FTR
ED1SDC EA1AUM OH0Z OH5DX Z22JE KZ5RO
ED4MAD EA4RCU OJ0LA LA9VDA ZG2FK ZB2FK
ED4PCC EA4EGA OJ0RJ OH0RJ ZG2FX G3RFX
ED4RCV EA4LL OY3QN OZ1ACB ZK1USN K6USN
ED4REC EA4EGA PJ2DX N9AG ZK3MW DJ7RJ
ED5SFF EA5GMR PX2W PY2YU ZW0S PS7JN
ED6EDG EA6ZX R3ARS/3 RA3DEJ ZW2VP PT2AAA
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DS4CNB Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, Korea
EA1AUM Juan Carlos Rodriguez, P.O. Box 598, 33400 Aviles - Asturias, Spain
EA1URV Union de Radioaficionados de Valladolid, P.O. Box 495, 47080,
Valladolid, Spain
EA4EGA Jose Fernandez Mora, C/Padre Manjon 43, 13500 Puertollano, Ciudad
Real, Spain
EA4LL Jose Luis Lopez Gabriel, Av. Andalucia 30-Bajo-B, 28340 Valdemoro -
Madrid, Spain
EA5GMR Juan A. Maestre Gonzalez, P.O. Box 466, 03600 Elda, Alicante, Spain
EA5ND Joaquin Garcia Rico, P.O. Box 344, 03600 Elda, Alicante, Spain
EA6ADV Manuel Bosch Martorell, C/Xado 9, 07006 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
EA6ZX Pau Balaguer, P.O. Box 240, 07080 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
EA7ABF Esteban Terrazas Galdon, P.O. Box 127, 29600 Marbella - Malaga, Spain
EA7DA Julio Gonzalez Gonzalez, P.O. Box 202, 41927 Mairena del Aljarafe -
Sevilla, Spain
EA7EYT Pedro A. Chacon Lopez, C/Malaga, 1-2-B Edf. Marbella, 04800 Albox -
Almeria, Spain
ED4RVM Centro Cultural Federico Garcia Lorca, Atencion de Radioaficionados,
28529 Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid, Spain
F5TGR Nicolas Quennet, 8 bis Rue de la Marne, 95220 Herbaly, France
G0PSE Tom Taylor, 19 Derwent Grove, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2NJ, England
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ,
England
IN3VZE Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy
IZ8FDH Paolo Capobianco, Via Enrico Cocchia 26, 80124 Napoli - NA, Italy
JA1OGX Yuki Tanabe, 1-28-32, Kamitakaido, Suginami, Tokyo 168-0074, Japan
JR8XXQ Kimikazu Saito, 501-43, 1-4, Saiwai-cho, Nemuro-city, Hokkaido
087-0021, Japan
N1VF Yoshiro Nishimura, Takemidai 4-2-6, Suita City, Osaka 565-0863, Japan
S57DX Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia
VK7TS Trevor Spargo, 1 Roebourne Rd, Otago, Tasmania 7017, Australia
ZW1M P.O.Box 68, 23970-000 Paraty - RJ, Brazil
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